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M23 SAYS HUNDREDS OF BURUNDI SOLDIERS CAPTURED IN LATEST CONGO OFFENSIVE. (PHOTO).

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 M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive The Rwanda-backed M23 group has captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers during its latest offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel official said, as clashes continued despite a warning from the Trump administration. Last week M23 entered the strategic town of Uvira near the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept". Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. A United Nations group of experts report published in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over t...

GILLES CISTAC,MOZAMBIQUE INFLUENTIAL LAWYER,WAS ASSASSINATED TODAY IN A TAXI.

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               According to Mozambique police spokesman Orlando Modumane,he said ''54 year old Gilles Cistac,who is a French by origin,had been in a taxi on his way to work when a car carrying four men pulled up alongside the cab and one of them shot him several times.The assassination took place today tuesday.Cistac had been a central figure in a debate about the creation of autonomous states in Mozambique,a country that has attracted billions of dollars in foreign investments in recent years after making huge coal and natural gas finds.Mozambique's main opposition party Renamo has called for its politicians to govern regions where it won more votes than the ruling Frelimo party in elections last year.Last month,Cistac told reporters that the creation of autonomous regions would be allowed under the constitution,a controversial stand point given that Renamo party has also proposed that Mozambique should be divided into two countries.For rebel gro...

IN A NEW VIDEO,BOKO HARAM BEHEADS TWO FARMERS,SPYING ON THEM.

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           In a new video that was newly published,two men whom confessed that they were spying on Boko Haram,were beheaded after their confessions,and their bodies shown to the camera.The video is called ''Harvest of spies'',was posted yesterday monday,on twitter by Boko Haram.The video starts by showing a man kneeling and being approached by Boko Haram fighters,holding a flag used by the militant Islamist groups.The video then cuts to show two men,identified as Dawould Muhammad and Muhammad Awlu,was arrested by Boko Haram fighters before being made to kneel.One Boko Haram fighter,whose face was blurred by the militant group,stands behind Dawoud Muhammad,holding a large knife.Mr Muhammad tells the camera that his a farmer from Baga,northern Nigeria,and he was made to answer a series of questions at knife point and confessing infront of a camera.Muhammad reveals that he had been approached by a Police officer who offered him money in exchange for infiltrati...